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Opinion: Will the Workers’ Party be done in by a “woke” member?
I woke up to woke only just now. The word has been bandied about often but I have been against using it because I am an old-fashioned user of the English language who resists the use of new words when old ones can do the job. But then Raeesah Khan stormed into our consciousness and…
Comprehensive law, ethical guidelines needed for social egg freezing in Singapore
Singapore saw its total fertility rate fall to a historic low of 1.1 in 2020. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Indranee Rajah, told Parliament in February 2021 that the cause is perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in some Singaporeans postponing their marriage, and others delaying parenthood plans. The situation has led to a…
Crossing the digital chasm: How can we avoid stigmatising older adults?
(NOTE: Pseudonyms are used in this article to ensure the anonymity of all interviewees.) Sitting in the living room of her one-room rental flat, 83-year-old Tan Bee Leng scrolls through the list of contact numbers on her smartphone, naming each of them to me: “This is my home nurse, this… my neighbour who lives downstairs,…
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